At the movies...

Imdb.com reports this weekends earnings of over $146 Million USD for the top ten user-rated films. This includes X-Men's Origin's Wolverine staking $85.1 Million at the box office. Al Gore's estimate for rebuilding a smart energy grid for America is right around the $400 Billion mark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Smart_Grid). So, with the math, this equals out to 52 years of not going to the movies to account for the development of a national smart energy grid, an essential step in the road to alternative energy and the solution to the world's energy and diplomatic problems in the Middle East.